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i got the magic box
Oct. 16th, 2006 09:06 pmSo I finally got off my increasingly-fat butt and joined a gym today. I went down to Bally Total Fitness on Clark because they had a 2-week free guest pass, and the guy gave me his spiel about the place and I decided to go ahead and join. The club is super huge and really nice, tons of treadmills and ellipitcals, a track running around the whole facility, even a pool. Way bigger and better than LA Fitness.
Of course, bigger and better comes with a price. Apparently that is the one thing LA has over Chicago - gyms here are at least twice as much. Actually, most of the gyms here run around $80 or $90 a month, which is kinda of crazy. I was paying $30 at LA Fitness, and now I'm paying $60 for Bally. I could've paid less if I signed a 2 year contract, but doing month to month instead was only a $10 difference and I am SCARED of a 2 year commitment to anything, especially a gym. It was a little more down but this way if I want to quit I can, say, if I get a job that's nowhere near one of the clubs or if I can find a better deal somewhere else, and there won't be crazy fees if I do. Plus, hi, COMMITMENT PHOBE. I am so weird, give me a relationship and I will give it my all, balls to the walls, but a 2 year contract or a full time job? I don't think so.
I was going to look into the gym Adam goes to, but he was pretty adamant about me not joining there for whatever reason (it's pricey at $90 a month, he pays less because he gets a Second City discount, there's only one so if I get a job that's far away it won't be convenient, they make you sign at least a year contract, blah blah blah) and contrary to popular belief, I CAN take a hint, so Bally it is. It's also in the same building where Anna has her Aveda Institute classes so I can go visit her as well.
I have an appointment with a personal trainer on Thursday, and I'm finally going to learn how to start weight training. I need to tone up my arms and back now that my abs are under control. Plus there are yoga classes that I'd like to start going to, and I should not be this excited about being able to work out again but I am. I've missed it in the month or so I've been away from the gym. WOW I never thought I'd say that, but it's true. I did 3 miles on the treadmill today, half walking and half running, kind of an easy workout since it has been a while and I didn't want to hurt myself. Time to kick it into high gear.
I had the zaney idea of actually getting up with Adam and going to the gym at 5:30 in the morning. We'll see if that ever comes to fruition. I have dedication, but there is a line I don't know I can cross. But it might be nice to get up and go and get my energy up first thing. Better than sleeping in every morning and having crazy dreams. I keep wondering where said dreams are coming from - I've had so many in the last week that I actually remember, which rarely happens. It must be my sleeping pattern, when I go back to sleep after he leaves I don't think it's a deep sleep and that's when they come.
Last night we ate a whole pizza by ourselves. That may have been the final motivator in joining the gym.
We've been watching this show called Black Books for the last few nights, and oh my Lord is it hilarious. Mark, I'm sure you've heard of it, it came out back in 2000. So far it's had every single cast member from Shaun of the Dead guest star, the guy who played David in SotD is the lead actor and head writer of the show. It's hilarious, I highly recommend it. I still have to watch this week's BSG, hopefully it downloaded correctly.
We're going to a show tonight, I think, and Anna's back in town so there were rumblings about drinking. Someone please get Lil' Kim's Magic Stick out of my head. It's making me blush.
Of course, bigger and better comes with a price. Apparently that is the one thing LA has over Chicago - gyms here are at least twice as much. Actually, most of the gyms here run around $80 or $90 a month, which is kinda of crazy. I was paying $30 at LA Fitness, and now I'm paying $60 for Bally. I could've paid less if I signed a 2 year contract, but doing month to month instead was only a $10 difference and I am SCARED of a 2 year commitment to anything, especially a gym. It was a little more down but this way if I want to quit I can, say, if I get a job that's nowhere near one of the clubs or if I can find a better deal somewhere else, and there won't be crazy fees if I do. Plus, hi, COMMITMENT PHOBE. I am so weird, give me a relationship and I will give it my all, balls to the walls, but a 2 year contract or a full time job? I don't think so.
I was going to look into the gym Adam goes to, but he was pretty adamant about me not joining there for whatever reason (it's pricey at $90 a month, he pays less because he gets a Second City discount, there's only one so if I get a job that's far away it won't be convenient, they make you sign at least a year contract, blah blah blah) and contrary to popular belief, I CAN take a hint, so Bally it is. It's also in the same building where Anna has her Aveda Institute classes so I can go visit her as well.
I have an appointment with a personal trainer on Thursday, and I'm finally going to learn how to start weight training. I need to tone up my arms and back now that my abs are under control. Plus there are yoga classes that I'd like to start going to, and I should not be this excited about being able to work out again but I am. I've missed it in the month or so I've been away from the gym. WOW I never thought I'd say that, but it's true. I did 3 miles on the treadmill today, half walking and half running, kind of an easy workout since it has been a while and I didn't want to hurt myself. Time to kick it into high gear.
I had the zaney idea of actually getting up with Adam and going to the gym at 5:30 in the morning. We'll see if that ever comes to fruition. I have dedication, but there is a line I don't know I can cross. But it might be nice to get up and go and get my energy up first thing. Better than sleeping in every morning and having crazy dreams. I keep wondering where said dreams are coming from - I've had so many in the last week that I actually remember, which rarely happens. It must be my sleeping pattern, when I go back to sleep after he leaves I don't think it's a deep sleep and that's when they come.
Last night we ate a whole pizza by ourselves. That may have been the final motivator in joining the gym.
We've been watching this show called Black Books for the last few nights, and oh my Lord is it hilarious. Mark, I'm sure you've heard of it, it came out back in 2000. So far it's had every single cast member from Shaun of the Dead guest star, the guy who played David in SotD is the lead actor and head writer of the show. It's hilarious, I highly recommend it. I still have to watch this week's BSG, hopefully it downloaded correctly.
We're going to a show tonight, I think, and Anna's back in town so there were rumblings about drinking. Someone please get Lil' Kim's Magic Stick out of my head. It's making me blush.
